The ripple effects of President Trump's attempt to end Harvard University's right to enroll foreign students are being felt across the region and the country—and could threaten research, science and innovation for years to come.

The current boom in online programs may be the alternative revenue stream colleges need amid declining international enrollment, changes in endowment taxes, and cuts to federal and state funding.

At Mount Holyoke College, a liberal arts school some 90 miles west of Boston, administrators have few answers so far for their prospective international students who are no longer certain they will be allowed to study in the U.S.

West Virginia University researchers are changing how college mathematics is taught by evaluating and sharing a model for problem-solving that supports what students learn in other courses like business or biology.